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Are you ready to take your fitness to the next level? At RVA Performance Training, we offer more than group classes. Our Personal Training program is designed specifically for Richmonders who are interested in a personalized approach to fitness. Whether you’re training for a specific event, navigating unique health challenges or injuries, or working towards a personal milestone, our expert …
It may seem counterintuitive for me to enjoy seeing the many gyms that have come to Richmond in the last decade or so- but I do. Everyone deserves to find a gym that meets their needs, schedules, and goals. I can try to list what sets us apart from the bootcamps that you may see as you drive around town …
Working out can be challenging, motivating, frustrating, and invigorating – you know what else it can be? Boring. Have you ever gotten yourself dressed to workout, driven to the gym, saw someone on the piece of equipment you were thinking about using and just…left? Because I have. The unsexy reality of exercise is that it can at times become pretty …
Weightlifting is hard. Yes, there’s many other activities/sports that are objectively harder in some ways. And while I strongly believe that certain lessons learned in the gym can be broadly applied outside of the gym, a “bad” day of taking a weight from the floor to overhead will undoubtedly not compare to the challenges life will ultimately throw at you. …
You haven’t PR’d your Snatch in many months (or maybe years). You see them a few times a month in a group fitness class or maybe you randomly tackle them on your own. Each time you do, it feels like you’re back to square one. You can’t have it all, and so much of training is about priorities. You’ll get …
Our Barbell members come to us from different backgrounds, for different reasons, with different expectations. For us, it’s important to be able to work with athletes of all kinds. Absolute beginners just getting their feet wet, long-term committed enthusiasts, and high level athletes. It’s a big reason athletes like Parker choose to train with us. “I appreciate that we as …
RVA Barbell, an Olympic Weightlifting program in Richmond, VA, is designed to help trainees improve their power, strength, and technical proficiency with the ultimate goal of lifting heavier weight in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and Squat. Each 90 minute+, limited class size session will have you performing Olympic lifts, assistance movements, as well as strength building and auxiliary exercises …
When you hear “Olympic weightlifting”, it’s pretty easy to immediately think about the “sport” aspect of it. Big weights going overhead, competitions, maybe the occasional bar slam if you’re getting a bit wild. But so many folks start weightlifting not with the immediate goal of lifting the most weight they possibly can (though that’s a pretty awesome side effect), but …
In a way, RVA Barbell began in 2008. We started RVA Performance Training (then CrossFit RVA) Richmond, VA in 2007, but I was immediately enamored by the Olympic lifts (Snatches and Clean & Jerks). Good information was hard to come by, and it was tough to even find videos of people performing the lifts well. I think that was part …
I find it a helpful exercise to think about what I would do differently if I could start again from scratch with my gym in Richmond, VA. Obviously life doesn’t work that way. So many lessons have to be learned (and re-learned several times) through experience. I would focus on the process, not the outcome Early in my training and …
